Resources by Mercy Wachira

Assessment Guides

Risks facing remittance service providers: A risk management framework for policymakers and regulators

The main objective of this framework is to assist policymakers in policy formulation and regulators in issuing guidelines to market players in the remittance space for identifying, evaluating, monitoring, and…

Assessment Guides

Risk management guidelines for remittance service providers

These guidelines aim to guide RSPs in identifying, evaluating, monitoring, and controlling key risks from the remittance services.

Articles and Case Studies

Customizing digital remittances for blue-collar migrant workers in the UAE: Harnessing the power of customer archetypes

This second article on UNCDF's partnership with RAKBANK and Edenred focuses on demand-side research findings that draw on 355 phone surveys and 11 qualitative interviews with blue-collar migrant workers in…

Country and Regional Diagnostics

Ethiopia Country Assessment: Report on Inclusive Innovation Strategies in Migrant Remittances and Financial Services

The report is a culmination of an extensive research and consultation process involving stakeholder interviews, secondary research, and collaborations with the private sector to garner a comprehensive understanding of the…

Articles and Case Studies

Learning How to Improve Remittances and Financial Services for Women and Men on the Move

The UNCDF-HKS Migrant Remittances and Financial Service programme was designed to immerse participants in a transformational learning experience through a combination of live lectures and group work. Faculty lectures and…

Country and Regional Diagnostics

Diagnostic Report: Regional Harmonization of Remittances in the IGAD region

At the request of the IGAD Secretariat, UNCDF has worked with the Secretariat and other public and private stakeholders to conduct a regional diagnostic assessment of existing remittance arrangements, laying…

Articles and Case Studies

Financial Inclusion of Blue-collar Migrants in the UAE: The Case of RAKBANK and Edenred

UNCDF’s collaboration with RAKBANK and Edenred aims to improve access and usage of the digital remittance channel through C3Pay—Edenred’s solution that enables migrants to receive their wages digitally. UNCDF technical…